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Welcome to Culture Crash, where we examine American culture – what’s new and old in entertainment… The odds-on favorite to win the biggest award of the night is One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson’s political revolutionary epic inspired by Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. Stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio del Toro, Sean Penn, and Teyana Taylor are all nominated for their performances, as is PTA both for Directing and Adapted Screenplay. […]

This is Viewpoints Explained… How many subscriptions do you have? It’s not just streaming services anymore. Subscriptions now range from digital storage to add-on car features to even same-day grocery delivery. The federal trade commission says many Americans underestimate how much they’re really spending every month. These recurring payments used to be the exception, but now they’re the default, and it can all add up fast. A 2024 Deloitte report […]

When life feels overwhelming, wellness offers answers, or at least something to buy. We look at how self-care turned into a multi-trillion-dollar industry, and why the promise of feeling better so often comes wrapped in marketing. Guests: Rina Raphael, journalist, author, The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care Amy Larocca, journalist, author, How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at […]

As extreme weather becomes more unpredictable, one of the first systems to fail is often the one we rely on most: communication. This story looks at what happens when cell towers go dark, why waiting to figure things out in the moment can be dangerous and how simple backup plans can make a critical difference. Guests: Joe Bassett, survival expert, co-author, Emergency Communication 101 Polly Hansen, producer, Viewpoints Radio, Asheville […]